Club and Social Events Highlight Ames Group Activities
Mrs. W M Greeley hosted a twelve-cover dinner. Numerous clubs held events at the college and homes, including Priscilla, Unity, Y Beta girls, and Bachelor Maids. Installations and readings marked meetings of Arcadia lodge, Ames Lodge 309, Eastern Star, Ellsworth Corps WRC, and other groups with officers elected or installed and related suppers and programs.
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Switzerland
Copestake
Cassie Lincoln
Marshall
Ella Ufford
Eva Dyer
Clara Little
Lillian Griffith
Ella Kooser
Estella Spence
Georgia Walkey
Luella Robb
Mabel Harris
Adah
Ella Hardin
Ruth
Nell Bosworth
Esther
Laura Phillipps
Martha
Anna Graves
Erecta
Sarah M.elyen
J. P. Alderman
Sentinel
Ellsworth Corps
Odd Fellows Hall
Augusta Underwood
M. Electa Gilbert
Sue Rubel
Martha Bacon
Sarah Gossard
Nancy Taylor
Perry Bower
Sarah Arrasmith
Nancy Butler
Jane Carey
Sarah Burton
Letta McFarlan
Personal Paragraphs Update From Ames Area Social Notices
A series of short visits and travel shows Ames area residents and friends in motion. Names include Helen Watts, Benton Stull, Anna Jensen, J W Shaw, Carrie Binder, Mildred Semmons, Margaret Stanton, Rev Alonzo Pruitt, Miss Edna Morris, Miss Dena Thayer, and many others visiting relatives or staying for business or social events across Boone Adel Primghar Sioux City and St Louis.
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J. W. Shaw
Carrie Binder
Cole
J. F. Baker
W.J. Semmons
Newell
Otis Crouthamal
Gilbert
Howard McCarthy
Bob” Cassidy
Des Moines
Ames
Ames Local Notes and Obituary Mention from 1907
Local items report Mrs. A H Thayer ill at home while others list sales, moves, and events. Postmaster Haverly takes over Ames duties. deaths include Joseph Coleman aged eighty eight in Boone. family ties to L M Bosworth noted. Funeral in Union Brethren church with burial in Polk City.
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Frank Haverly
Somers
Iowa
Joseph Coleman
C. T. T. Mason
Boone
L. M. Bosworth
Linwood
Chinese brush tailed goldfish sale price range
A dealer describes a tiny bright gold brush tailed goldfish as the finest aquarium fish. He notes its beauty health and longevity and states prices from 250 to 300 dollars with some specimens selling for 700 dollars each.
Rain Check Exchange Cited In Milwaukee Letter
A Milwaukee Sentinel quip notes a romantic moment interrupted as a father enters the room. The speaker says she offered Jack a rain check, turning a near-kiss into a postponement with a playful line.
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Jack
Milwaukee Sentinel
Life Insurance Sells the Crew on a Critical Bill Collect
A tense exchange questions the necessity of a medical operation. The second doctor declares the procedure essential and frames it as the only avenue to recover their payment from the patient’s life insurance.
A Poor Wrapper
A brief exchange notes Mrs. Elderly’s wrapped status and mocks her son’s wrapping ability in a concise dialogue snippet.
Mexican musicians praised for musical mastery by Columbus Dispatch
A Columbus Dispatch reader extols Mexican musicians, praising their orchestras and bands. He notes they produce remarkable music, often without reading their own language, yet interpret musical notes from their instruments with astonishment.
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Columbus Dispatch
Carrot Order Sparks Grand Grocer Quip in London
A London grocer jokingly offers an exaggerated free addition to a pennyworth of carrots. He promises a sack of potatoes a barrel of apples a hundredweight of turnips and a box of oranges plus a horse and cart if the customer stays. The exchange captures local humor from the London Mail.
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London Mail
Half Length Picture Upset in California Photo Plot
A countryman bargained for a half length portrait at half price from a California photographer. The delivered image showed the subject from the waistband down and the sitter responded with forcible remarks.
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California
Philadelphia Inquirer
New Curate Queries Husband's Invalid Status
Dialogue reveals confusion over whether the curate's husband is a permanent or temporary invalid. Mrs. Billyus confirms, while a doctor predicts the patient may not live a month.
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Billyus
Church of England
Elizabeth Highland Born in Ohio and Died in Iowa
Elizabeth Highland of Ohio was born February 13, 1834 and died at her home near Ames Iowa January 1 1907. In 1856 she traveled in company with her par- groups and settled in the vicinity of Ames.
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Lizzie Corbin
Ames Post Office
West Liberty
Iowa
Elizabeth Highland
Ohio
Ames
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Tilden
Eranre
W M. Greeley
Book and Basket Club
Priscilla and the Unity Club
Carrie Tallman
Y. Beta
Priscilla Club
Knapp
Erwin
Smith
Kossuth
C. Morrison
Boone Street
Mr. Morrison
Jessie Cole
P. E. O. Society
Arcadia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Griffith
W. M
L. M. Hurt
T. A. Dodds
J. W
F. N. Fowler
Benton Stull
J. B. Kooser
J. D
C. E. Taylor
Ben Edwards
J.S
Tyler
Congregational Church
Henry Wilson
Thomas Dodds
Ames Lodge
O. O.F . Ames
N. G
Chas
F. Kooser
O. G
H. J. Hanson
E Cc. Tuttle
Wm. Fleming
Wm. Hulett
W. H. Stultz
G T. Kooser
V. G
Chas. Duntz
Geo. Pisor
Mead Robinson
Clarence Huner
C. Hytland
Warren McGuire
E'ling Reynes
John Buttler
Frank Stults
Gibson
Helen Watts
Will Hughes
Kelley
A. A. Munson
Slater
Anna Jensen
Story City
Chas. Kooser
Mildred Semmons
Adel
James Dunne
Northwestern
Margaret Stanton
Jennie Bechtle
Sioux City
Alonzo Pruitt
Irwin
Alvin van Campen
Colfax
Rochester
Minn
W. D. Rich
Mrs. Sackett
Winterset, Iowa
Edna Morris
Nevada
Chas. Snider
Butler County
Kansas
Dena Thayer
Harriet
Edna Pammel
Cecile Smith
Eva Person
Jeannette Bartholomew
Mrs. Egan
St. Louis
Harry Semmons
Primghar
A. L. Potter
Illinois
Charles Speers
Earlham
Munn Lumber Co
Leecing
Story Street
Than Hughe
W.H. Hannegan
Burt
Freem Hannagen
Frank
Jay Nash
Cedar Rapids
Nash
Cedar City
John M. Lawrence
Turner McLain
Hough, Neb
McLain Ranch
Jerry Sexton
J. C. Russell
East Prairie
Wes
Russell
Jennie Christ
Hawver
Fred Wygle
St. Petersburg
Florida
Ghrist
Cuba
George Hoffman
Depot Lunch Room
Perth
North Dakota
George
Marion Young
Huron
Story County
Kooser
Dakotas
Great Northwest
Marion
Pierre
H. P. Baker
U. S
A. H. Thayer
James Hale
East Sycamore
Frank Morris
Lou Graham
M. A. Cromwell
P. Freed
Woodland
Hollister
C. E. Haverly
Haverly
Milo Manning
Munn
Mr. Manning
D. L. Lane
Dave
Hicks
Lohrville
John G. Luke
Hampton
Judge Lee
McCarthy & Lee
McCarthy & Luke
Luke
J. F. Martin
the Times
Polk County
John Lawson
Christian Church
Howver
United Brethren Church
Polk City
Johnson
Elizabeth Highland Lawson
First Congregational Churches
Ladies Aid Soc
W. J. Minchin
B. B. Belles
City of
Ames Times
Ames Plumbing and Heating Co
Tilden Bros. & Co
Union National Bank
Martha Wilson
Union National
Ladies Aid Socrety
O. Douglass
Messawes
J.G. Tilden
Story County Bank
City of Ames
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church
Seeeas
Renee
Ween
Rora Tilper
Treas
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